NYC mayor’s office of media & entertainment and NYC economic development corporation announce new investments in city’s digital games industry
New York City is investing over $1 million to strengthen its digital games industry, which now generates $2.6 billion in economic impact with 7,900 jobs across 380 studios. The investment includes support for NYU Tandon’s Game Design Future Lab, a one-year incubator for gaming startups. "The Game Design Future Lab will fuel economic growth, technological and creative innovation that only comes about when academia partners with the public and private sectors," said NYU Tandon Vice Dean Sayar Lonial.